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Jennifer Capriati
American
Athlete
About the author
It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
I'm happy with what I've done but it's a challenge to try to win more.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Challenge
I mean, obviously, a lot of people know me around the world. Kids know me.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Kids
#People
#World
I mean, I feel like just a new person completely.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Tennis
You know, I'm confident before I go out and play a match that I know, you know, I've put in the work and like I feel confident that I am going to go out there and play well.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Work
#Play
Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Acting
#Mistakes
What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Want
#Winning
#Tennis
This is the hardest thing I've ever done. The rehab has not gone as expected.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
People want to hear what I have to say and respect what I say.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Want
#People
#Respect
Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Now
Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurting others, but it was a path of quiet rebellion, of a little experimentation of a darker side of my confusion in a confusing world, lost in the midst of finding my identity.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Life
#World
#Quiet
#Identity
#Rebellion
#Confusion
It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Drama
#Emotion
#Tennis
I know there is much mystery, much question to what happened, and I must also say, many lies.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Question
#Lies
#Mystery
I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Want
#Play
I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Now
#Instinct
To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Right
#Mind
I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Life
#Past
I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Experience
Coming back after the layoff, I wasn't really sure what to expect.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete
#Want
#Fun
#Play
I was an emotional basket case.
Jennifer Capriati,
American
Athlete